THE HUNTER. 
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namely, that he seldom or never will shy at any object on 
the road ; two things of valuable consideration to the rider. 
Thoroughbred is a term employed in Britain to indicate 
the descent of a horse from a South-Eastern courser. The 
English racer has therefore been the progressively improved 
breed, from a commixture of our own horses with those of 
Asia. The horses of the first blood, or such as are the 
nearest possible to the Eastern stock, are those immediately 
produced from the Arabian, or Barb ; any stallion with an 
English mare, which has been already crossed with a Barb 
or Arabian steed, in the first degree ; or that which has 
sprung from two crossings in the same degree. In its 
action the English race-horse is somewhat like that of the 
Arabian, but differs from the Spanish horse in carrying the 
whole of his frame forward with an energetic power, while 
the motions of the latter are measured with more of a 
graceful motion and shorter step. 
In breeding, a mare should be chosen with as great a 
proportion of the blood of King Herod as possible. She 
should be deep in the girth, long and full in the fore-arm 
and thigh, short in the leg, standing clean and even upon 
the feet, and wide and spreading in the hind-quarters. It 
is a curious fact that the produce of our first-rate mares and 
an Asiatic horse seldom or never are good racers ; and they 
must be one remove at least from the foreign stock before 
they can be depended upon. 
THE HUNTER 
Is a combination of the thoroughbred race-horse and half- 
bred horses of greater strength, and less lengthy in their 
carcase. He should be from fifteen to sixteen hands in 
height. The points most likely to discover a horse of good 
proportions as a hunter, are a sanguine and healthy colour, 
